[R] question on - build R as a shared library

[Uwe Ligges]

Bai Yan wrote:
> 
> The thing is that even I didn't specify 'enable-shlib', I still get
> libR.so but not libR.a, I must missed something here.
> Please have a look at the logs below:
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> %cd /disk/hopper/projects/class/cse514/R-1.6.2/
> %make distclean
> ...
> %./configure --prefix=/disk/hopper/projects/class/cse514/R-1.6.2/
> ...
> %cd lib/R/bin
> %ls
> BATCH    LINK   REMOVE  Rd2txt  Rdindex  Sd2Rd  config   libtool
> COMPILE  R      Rcmd    Rdconv  Rprof    build  f77      pager
> INSTALL  R.bin  Rd2dvi  Rdiff   SHLIB    check  libR.so  texi2dvi
>                                                 ^^^^^^^

You builded that one on a previous run (look at the dates), I guess.
Making a clean build from sources results in neither libR.so nor libR.a.
The relevant thing is R.bin in that case.
I guess libR.so is left over from installing into the source tree, as
your --prefix statement implies ... (that's not a good idea).

Uwe Ligges



> %cd /disk/hopper/projects/class/cse514/R-1.6.2
> %make
> ...
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> Yan
> 
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, A.J. Rossini wrote:
> 
> > Bai Yan <baiyan at ece.ogi.edu> writes:
> >
> >
> > > Hi Dirk, thank you for the prompt reply.
> > > I found libR.so. But how can I know whether it is build as shared or not.
> >
> > Traditionally, for linking purposes, libR.so would be a shared
> > library, where as libR.a would be a static library.
> >
> > best,
> > -tony
> >
> > --
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